PVV ‘had difficulty finding prospective MPs’

Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam party PVV has found it difficult to find much new blood to stand for parliament, the Volkskrant reports on Tuesday, following an analysis of the party’s list of prospective MPs.


The top 20 names on the list include all nine sitting MPs, three party workers, two local councillors who won seats in the March local vote and one member of the European parliament. Two sitting MPs and Wilders are also local councillors for the PVV.
Among the new faces are lawyer Lilian Helder, who wants to see tougher jail sentences and Gidi Markuszower, who used to work for a VVD MP.
The list, which is 50 names long, also includes three people who have served or are still serving with the armed forces. The party is forecast to win around 23 seats.

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